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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

1,064 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 54

To-day's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Voss. Edward Ford was brought up on remand charged with forging and uttering a cheque, purporting to the signed by William Jarvis…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, April, 30. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS. -- Abel Sadlier Holmes was charged with having been drank on the previous night in Cooma-street. Prisoner pleaded guilty…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, May 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 4

John Fox was charged with absenting himself from the apprenticeship of W. T. Wood. Mr. Betts appeared for complainant…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1881 · page 2

Margaret Porter, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct was fined 20s. or 7 days. The same, for obscene language, was fined £5 or three months…

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Small Debts Court. Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1881 · page 2

T. R. Hughes v. T. Irwin—£1. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed and 7s. 6d. costs…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday Afternoon

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Voss and Alexander. Disputed Ownership.—H. C. Pratt was charged with illegally detaining a fruit-case of the value of 2/6, the property of Albert Lansdown…

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Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. F. A. Brock and J. T. Heeley, J’s.P.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1881 · page 2

George Wallace was charged with allotting a horse to stray in the streets, and pleaded not guilty. Constable Mackenzie deposed that the horse…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, May 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Voss, Marsden, and King. John Smith was charged on suspicion of unsound mind. Senior-sergeant Fenton deposed: Just…

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Small Debts' Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1881 · page 2

Several unimportant cases were disposed of, and the following defended cases were called on:— Barney Lappin v. C. Walker—A claim for…

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Local and General. Yass Court Op Petty Sessions. Tuesday, May 3. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 May 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE,--Thos. Jones was charged with having been drunk, and with having made use of obscene language in Cooma-street on the previous morning…

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Burrowa Police Court. Wednesday, May 4. (Before Mr. W. J. E. Wotton)

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1881 · page 2

Michael Farrell, charged with being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s in each case or 24 hours…

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Grenfell. Police Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 2

Tuesday.—Before R. M. Vaughan, and J. Little, Esqs. J’s.P. John Ellis of Bungalong Creek, Cowra Road, was on the information of Mrs. John Halls,…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, May 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 5
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BEFORE Messrs. Hosburgh and C. S. Alexander. Mary Browne was charged with vagrancy, and having expressed a wish to leave the…

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Crown Land Sales. at the Police-office, Gunning, On Wednesday, 11th May, Country Lots

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 4

Lot A, 110 acres, county of King, parish Dalton, on the road from Gunning to Dalton, lying between James Browne's conditional purchase portion No. 276 of 40¼ acres, and…

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Police Court, May 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 4

BEFORE J. F. Kenyon and A. S. Jones, J's.P. One case was called but there was no appearance. Slaughtering licenses were granted to W. J…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, May 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. C. S. Alexander. Thomas Horan (a stranger) was charged with being drunk in a public place. Pleaded guilty, and was fined ios or three days'…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide in Melbourne

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 4

ANOTHER horrible tragedy, although not quite so revolting in its details as that which occurred in Little Bourke-street, happened early last Tuesday morning at an assignation house…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, May 7

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate. ABSCONDING FROM HIRED SERVICE.-- Henry Woodman, who was arrested on warrant in Sydney, appeared before the court to answer the…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 May 1881 · page 2

Russell Boyd was charged with being illegally on the premises at the Oriental Bank, for the purpose of committing a felony. Constable Little deposed that this morning…

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